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J. BATCHELOR.

PENCIL CLASP.

N0.' 299,902. PatentedJl-lne, 1884.

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4 NITFD STATES PATENT y, OFFICFC JOB FATOHFLOR, OF OAMDF'N, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR OF ONF-HALF To AUGUSTUS G. WOOD, OF SAMF. PLAOF.

PENCIL-CLASP.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 299,902, dated .lune3, 1884:.

A pplicalion filed March 31, 1884. (No model.)

'o all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OB BATOHELOR, a citizen of the United States,residing atCamden, in the county Of Oneida and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inPencil-Glasps; and I doherey by declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

\ My invention has forV its object to provide a Simple and useful pencilholder or clasp, which can be readily and easily attached to `andremoved from a vest or other garment',

and which securely holds the pencil, and can be manufactured verycheaply. If desired,

f the holder can be placed just above the pocket of a vest or coat, sothat part of the pencil will be within the pocket, or it can be securedto the lapel or other portion of a coat or vest, and equally as wellhold the pencil. i

It consists of a very simple arrangement of an attaching-pin, a springformed of a piece of elastic or spiral wire, shorter than the pin andsecured at one ,end to 'the head of the same, and provided at its freeend with a socket adapted to fitover the point of said pin, the

` spring serving the double purpose of holding the socket on the pointof the pin, and thus 'prevent the same from working out when in- 2. Fig.4 is a modification showing a spiralwire spring instead of a piece ofelastic.

Referring to said drawings, A is an attaching-pin having secured to itshead'the flat piece of metal a. B is a spring about one'- fourth shorterthan the pin A, and is fastened at one end to the piece of metal a. Tothe, free end of this spring is secured a dat piece of metal, b, on theunder side of which is a4 socket, c, adapted to fit overh the point ofthe pin A. This springB consists of a piece of elastic, as shown inFigs. l, 2, and 3, or a spiral-wire spring, as shown in Fig. 4. Iprefer, however, to use elastic.

To use my 'pencil-holder, the pin is insert` ed in the garment, and thespring stretched until the socket c is slipped over the point of thepin. lThe tendency of the spring to contract holds the socket on thepoint of the pin, and prevents the same from working out of the garment.The pencil can then be insertedV between the elastic and fabric, and issecurely held in place by the pressure of said spring.

' Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentl The improved pencilfclasp, consisting of anelastic or Spring central portion secured at one end to an attaching-pinand provided on its free end with a socket adapted to iit over the pointof said attaching-pin, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOB BATOHELOF.. lVitnesses 4 JOHN C. DAvrns, l WV.` C. STONE.

